This can be configured from the LAN - DHCP section of your router. To see your current IP address, go to (it's totally free and takes 5 seconds.įor the Port Forwarding to work, the computer that is running uTorrent, must have a fixed IP. An IP address can be used to identify a unique computer, device or connection. For those that aren't familiar with the term, an IP address is a unique series numbers that is assigned to you by your internet service provider.
You may not realize it, but you can pull up a list of all peers you're connected to in a given bittorrent swarm and see the full IP addresses for each and every peer. Unless you take steps to protect yourself, your true IP address is available for anyone to see on uTorrent. We wrote an an entire article on but the short answer is: If you don't use uTorrent anonymously, you don't know who's monitoring your downloads and what they're doing with that information. › Router Settings For Utorrent Mac 2016 ▼ ▼